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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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