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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 massive open courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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