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.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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 massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Hong Kong to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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