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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes 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.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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