MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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