MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
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.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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