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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate 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 MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Meetup to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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