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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses 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 online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Poland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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