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.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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