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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
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