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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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