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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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