MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
generally 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 several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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