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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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