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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
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.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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