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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
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
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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