MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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