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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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