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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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