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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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 a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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