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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in 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.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Serbia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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