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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are considering
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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