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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
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 MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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