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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cambodia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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