MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
book
which
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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