MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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