MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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