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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes 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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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