MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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