MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology are empowering
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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