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.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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