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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations 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 open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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