MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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