MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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