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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Navassa Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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