MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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