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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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