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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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