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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses 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.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Malta to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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