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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates 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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