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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning enable
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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