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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
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
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Libya to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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