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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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