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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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