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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
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
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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