MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Martin to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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