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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Broward College to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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