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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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