MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
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
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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