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.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
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 open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
San Diego State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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