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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes 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 online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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