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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students 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 many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Macedonia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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