MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Greece to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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