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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
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