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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
normally 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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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