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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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