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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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