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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Niger to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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