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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
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.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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