MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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