MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Cameroon to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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