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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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