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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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