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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students 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 numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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