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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning enable
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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