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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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