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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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