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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
students
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
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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