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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
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.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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