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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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