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
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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