MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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