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.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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 massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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