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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
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.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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