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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today 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
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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