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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seychelles to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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