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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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