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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
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
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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