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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
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
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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