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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
free
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 several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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