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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants 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.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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