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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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