MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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