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.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
developments in
elearning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in 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 massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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