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
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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