MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education technology are empowering
people
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.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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