MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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