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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate 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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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