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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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