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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver 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.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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