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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take 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.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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