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.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
e-learning make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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