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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
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 lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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