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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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