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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online education have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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