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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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