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
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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