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
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
e-learning enable
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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