MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
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 online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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