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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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