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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
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 MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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