MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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