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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses 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 MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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