MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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