MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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