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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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