MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take 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 massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Angola to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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