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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Fiji to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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