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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
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
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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