MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
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.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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