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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver 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.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Uzbekistan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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