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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take 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
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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