MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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