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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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