MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants 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.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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