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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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