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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take 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.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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