MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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