MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students 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 lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Laos to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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