MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
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
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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