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.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
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 MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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