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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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