MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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