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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Laos to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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