MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
elearning are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses 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 online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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