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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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