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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
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 variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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