MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are considering
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
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