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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
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
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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