MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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