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.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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