MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take 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.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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