MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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