MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part 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.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guyana to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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