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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants 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.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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