MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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