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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in 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 massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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