MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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