MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of 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.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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