MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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 massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malta to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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