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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Chad to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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