MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take 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
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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