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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in 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 MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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