MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes 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.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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