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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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