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.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
elearning make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants 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.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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