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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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