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.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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