MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take classes 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.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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