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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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