MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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