MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly 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 numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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