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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
e-learning are enabling
students
all around the world
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.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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