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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
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.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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