MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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