MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes 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 massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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