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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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