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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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