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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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