MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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