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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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