MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly 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 numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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