MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes 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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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