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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
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 having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Gambia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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