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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate 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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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