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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
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 online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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