MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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