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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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