MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
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 MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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