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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Libya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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