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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
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
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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