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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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