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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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