MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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