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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
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.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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