MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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