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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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