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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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