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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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