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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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