MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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