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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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