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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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