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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take 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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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