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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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