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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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