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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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