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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
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.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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