MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
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 MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nauru to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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