MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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