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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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