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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
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.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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