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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses 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 open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Albania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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