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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because blended 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
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Uganda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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