MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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