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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Pakistan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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