MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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