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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take 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.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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