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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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