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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
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 online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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