MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take 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.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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