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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
elearning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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