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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
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.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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