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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
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 courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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