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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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