MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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