MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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 online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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