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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners 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 many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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