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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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