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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners 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 several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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