MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
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 massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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