MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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