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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take 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
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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