MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part 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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
major 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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