MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online education are making it possible for
students
all over 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 online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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