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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to participate 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.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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