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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
India to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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