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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
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 MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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