MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
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
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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