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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
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