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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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