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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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