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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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