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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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