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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Norway to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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