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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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