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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes 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.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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