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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
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
topics that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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