MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners 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 numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Laos to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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