MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, South to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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