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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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