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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
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 several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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