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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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