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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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