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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
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 lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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