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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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