MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally 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 a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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