MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses 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.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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