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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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