MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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 massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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