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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
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
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Palau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
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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