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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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