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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
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.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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