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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take 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 massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
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