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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants 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.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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