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.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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