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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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