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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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