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
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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