MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take 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 MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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