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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
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