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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
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.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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