MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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