MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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