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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
elearning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
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.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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