MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
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.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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