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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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 online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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