MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take 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.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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