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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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