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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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