MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes 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.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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