MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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