MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues 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 educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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