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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses 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
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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