MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
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.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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