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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses 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
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
open education
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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