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.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants 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.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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