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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
most important 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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