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
which
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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