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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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