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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
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