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
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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