MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
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 online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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