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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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