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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
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