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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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