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.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of 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.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
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