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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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