MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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