MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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