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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
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.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
important new open education
undertakings.
People want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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