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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
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
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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