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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student 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 digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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