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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
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 massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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