MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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