MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
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 massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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