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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Netherlands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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