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.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
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.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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