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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
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