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
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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