MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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