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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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