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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part 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 classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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