MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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