MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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