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.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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