MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
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