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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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