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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants 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.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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