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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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