MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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 massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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