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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in 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.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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