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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
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
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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