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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
digital education technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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