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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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