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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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