MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around 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
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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