MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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