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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
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 education institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also studies the
key 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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