MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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