MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part 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 massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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