MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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