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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
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 a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
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 educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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