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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
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
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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