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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners 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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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