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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
all over 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 massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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