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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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