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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
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 MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
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