MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over 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.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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