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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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