MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
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 lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nauru to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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