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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in nations 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 courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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