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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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