MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate 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
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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