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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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