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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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