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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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