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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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