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.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning have empowered
learners
all over the world
to participate in 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.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
People want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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