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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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