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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
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
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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