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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in 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 massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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