MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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