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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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