MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students 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 a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Monaco to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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