MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
new open education
undertakings.
Scientists want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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