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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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