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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants 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.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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