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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part 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 MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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