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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
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
elearning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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