MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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