MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
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
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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