MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning have empowered
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
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.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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