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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take 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
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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