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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take 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.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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