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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
e-learning have enabled
people
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.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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