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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in 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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important 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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