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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate 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.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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