MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive 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 new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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