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.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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