MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate 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 online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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