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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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