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.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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