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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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