MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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