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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
distance learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
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 massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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