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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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