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.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants 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 massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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