MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
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
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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