MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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.
These MOOC classes are
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 several
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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