MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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