MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
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
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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