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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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