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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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