MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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