MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in 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 MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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