MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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