MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants 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.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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