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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also articulates 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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