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.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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