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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants 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.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Martin to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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