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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
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.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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