MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Iran to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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