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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take 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
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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