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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly 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
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
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