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.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Japan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
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