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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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