MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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