MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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