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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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