MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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