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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily 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
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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