MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate 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.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Moldova to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
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