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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
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