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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes 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.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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