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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
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.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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