MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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