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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
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 MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Finland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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