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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
online education have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in 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.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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