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
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take 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 massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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