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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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