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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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