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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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