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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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