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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
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 a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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