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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses 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 massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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