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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in 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.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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