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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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