MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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