MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
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 courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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