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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take 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.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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