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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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