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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of 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.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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