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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
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
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
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