MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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