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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
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 variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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