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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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