MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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