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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education enable
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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