MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
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
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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