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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
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
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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