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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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