MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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