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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
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 many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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