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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
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 online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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