MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lithuania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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