MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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