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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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