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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants 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.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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