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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
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
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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