MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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