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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses 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.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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