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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners 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 several
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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