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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily 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
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
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