MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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