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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
e-learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
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.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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