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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-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
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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