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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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