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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
digital education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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