MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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