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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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