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.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes 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 online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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