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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students 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 quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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