MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
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.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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