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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students 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 a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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