MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
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 lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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