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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
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 MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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