MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes 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 MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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