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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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