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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to take 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 massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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