MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take 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.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Anguilla to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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