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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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