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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
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 variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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