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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take 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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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