MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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