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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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