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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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