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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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