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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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 open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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