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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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