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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
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.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Italy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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