MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in classes 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.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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