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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online education are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Liechtenstein to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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