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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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 open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
India to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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