MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education are enabling
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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