MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part 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.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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