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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
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
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
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