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
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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