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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
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 open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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