MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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