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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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