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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate 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 massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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