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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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