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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally 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 a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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