MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
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 massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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