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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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