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.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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 online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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