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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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