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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part 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.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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