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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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