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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants 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.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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