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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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