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
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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