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.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning are empowering
people
in nations all around 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
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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