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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
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.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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