MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
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.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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