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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
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 online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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