MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in 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 MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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