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 Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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