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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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