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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of 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 massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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