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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take 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.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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