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.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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