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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses 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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