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 is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are considering
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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