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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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 MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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