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 is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes 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.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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