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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
elearning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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