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
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes 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 online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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