MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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