MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
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.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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