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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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