MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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