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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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