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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
learning technology are empowering
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
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