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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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