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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes 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.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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