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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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