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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing 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 education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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