MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take 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 massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also analyzes 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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