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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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