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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take 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.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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