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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
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 online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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