MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in 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.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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