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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important 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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