MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take 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.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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