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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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