MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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