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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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