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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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