MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
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.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are considering
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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