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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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 open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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